Sections of the Society have been formed to promote particular branches and applications of statistics. They each hold a number of meetings a year, usually based around a presented paper or talk.
The sections and their principal interests are:
- Business & Industrial
Statistical methods in industry and commerce. - Environmental Statistics
Application of statistics to environmental issues. - General Applications
All fields of applications of statistics - Medical
Statistical problems arising in all branches of medicine. - Official Statistics
Government and national statistics. - Quality Improvement
Contribution of statistical methods to quality improvement and good management. - Research
The theory of statistics, the development and application of statistical methods. - Social
Statistics
Social applications of statistics with a particular emphasis on survey methodology. - Statistical Computing
The interface, including computational aspects of statistical methods and developments in software. - Young
Statisticians
For students and those in the first 10 years of their career.
